Chapter Summaries

Nalan Ye entered his Soul World to help the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python resist Cai Lin’s Soul Fusion, but he could not stop her from defeating it and merging their souls. The fused Golden Rune then unleashed a flood of soul power into Nalan Ye’s Soul World, and he lost consciousness as it seemed to collapse.

• Cai Lin continued fusing with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python despite Nalan Ye’s warning that their Shared Life and Death secret method could kill him.
• Nalan Ye asked Heavenly Flame Venerable to help, but the Golden Rune repelled Heavenly Flame Venerable’s soul power.
• Nalan Ye entered the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s Soul World and found Cai Lin fighting the badly wounded python.
• Cai Lin blasted the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python into soul fragments, and her Soul World began merging with its world.
• The two Golden Runes fused, then released a massive surge of soul power that swept through Nalan Ye’s Soul World and knocked him unconscious.

Nalan Ye’s soul strength surged to Dou Wang as Cai Lin discovered that the Golden Rune was transferring her power to him. When Cai Lin tried to confront Nalan Ye, Heavenly Flame Venerable blocked her, and their exchange ended with him insulting her.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable watched Nalan Ye’s soul strength rise from Great Dou Shi to Dou Wang without harming him.
• During her Soul Fusion, Cai Lin sensed her soul strength draining into the Golden Rune and traced it to Nalan Ye’s Soul World.
• Cai Lin followed the Golden Rune to confront Nalan Ye, but Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared and barred her way.
• Cai Lin reminded Heavenly Flame Venerable that the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python had rescued him, and he replied that Cai Lin was not the one who had done it.
• Cai Lin claimed she was now one with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but Heavenly Flame Venerable mocked her as a snake-person barbarian.

Nalan Ye woke after a sudden surge in cultivation and accidentally wrecked the quiet room while trying to stand. Little Fairy Doctor recognized that he had advanced to Dou Huang, while Heavenly Flame Venerable restrained him until he could control his new power.

• Cai Lin tried to stop her soul power from flowing into the Golden Rune, but its trembling warned her that she would die if she withheld it, so she let it drain until the rune stopped and her cultivation barely remained at Dou Zong.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable watched Nalan Ye's cultivation surge from Da Dou Shi to Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak, stopping just short of Dou Zong.
• Nalan Ye woke in the quiet room and accidentally smashed through the floor and collapsed the room when he tried to get up.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable pinned Nalan Ye in the ruins and told him to stop moving recklessly until he mastered his new power.
• Little Fairy Doctor arrived, saw Nalan Ye, and asked how he had advanced to Dou Huang.

Nalan Ye discovered that Cai Lin’s Heavenly Rank Secret Method had raised his cultivation to Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak and allowed them to connect across their Soul Worlds. After copying her life experiences, they both realized the method had altered their feelings toward each other and revealed Nalan Ye’s memories, but Cai Lin still could not see Battle Through the Heavens.

• Nalan Ye woke with Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak cultivation after Cai Lin’s power surged into him, accidentally destroying the meditation chamber.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable told Nalan Ye to learn to control his strength while Little Fairy Doctor stood guard and worried about hidden dangers.
• Nalan Ye found the Golden Rune gone from his Soul World but sensed his connection to Cai Lin, and the two saw each other across their separate Soul Worlds.
• Nalan Ye’s attempt to copy Cai Lin’s combat experience triggered visions of her life, and both emerged from the experience unable to summon their former hostility toward each other.
• Cai Lin discovered Nalan Ye’s memories and learned he came from another world, but she could not see Battle Through the Heavens.

After reaching Nine-Star Dou Huang Peak, Nalan Ye regained control of his strength, reassured Xiao Meier about their engagement, and went to tell Little Fairy Doctor he was leaving to seek a Seventh-Order Magical Beast. Little Fairy Doctor feared he was going far away, but he revealed that his destination was the Monster Mountain Range on the border with the Mulan Empire.

• Nalan Ye demonstrated to Little Fairy Doctor that he could control his newfound power after advancing to Dou Huang.
• Nalan Ye walked Xiao Meier back to her courtyard and promised to marry her once things settled down.
• Nalan Ye visited Little Fairy Doctor and said he was leaving for a dangerous place, asking whether she would come with him.
• Nalan Ye revealed that he and Heavenly Flame Venerable planned to find a Seventh-Order Magical Beast in the Monster Mountain Range to refine physical bodies.
• Little Fairy Doctor learned that the Monster Mountain Range was in Mulan Empire territory, not the Jialian Empire, and grew angry at Nalan Ye's teasing.

Nalan Ye discovered that the secret method binding him to Cai Lin was subtly shaping his feelings through her copied memories, and he began considering undoing it. Little Fairy Doctor then asked when they would leave for the Monster Mountain Range to hunt a Seventh-Order Magical Beast.

• Nalan Ye called Cai Lin in the Soul World and tried to persuade her to cooperate, but she rejected him.
• Nalan Ye told Cai Lin he might die hunting a Seventh-Order Magical Beast and suggested she prepare a royal tomb for him.
• Nalan Ye dreamed of Cai Lin’s past after copying her memories and realized the secret method was influencing his emotions.
• Nalan Ye judged the secret method an evil art and considered undoing it for the first time.
• Little Fairy Doctor visited Nalan Ye and asked when they would set out for the Monster Mountain Range.

As they traveled west, Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that advancing to Dou Zong required comprehending the Dao, while a Heaven Rank Cultivation Method offered a path already understood by its creator. The chapter left the narrator testing his own knowledge of natural laws to see whether it could help him break through.

• The narrator, Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable left U Yue City after canceling preparations for war and gathering supplies.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable said he had recovered only to Three Star Dou Zong because the resources he received were low-grade.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable explained that a Dao Domain manifested the Dao, allowing a Dou Zong to command the energy of heaven and earth rather than merely borrow it.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable told Little Fairy Doctor that her Calamity Poison Body had already grasped the Poison Dao, while the narrator would need to comprehend a Dao himself or follow a Heaven Rank Cultivation Method.
• The narrator tossed an apple into the air and asked Heavenly Flame Venerable why it had to fall, suggesting that his knowledge of natural laws might help him comprehend the Dao.

The narrator chose the lightning attribute as his path to the Dao after learning how Dao comprehension determined Dou Zong ranks and the Venerable realm. He recruited Xiao Yan for a dangerous hunt for a Seventh-Order Magical Beast, and the four of them set off for the Monster Mountain Range.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable explained the Great Daos and how comprehension of one determined a cultivator's realm, and the narrator chose lightning as his path to the Dao.
• The group reached Nalan City, where the narrator decided Xiao Yan's combat power would help them hunt a Seventh-Order Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan agreed to join the hunt, saying he would risk his life to repay the narrator's help.
• The narrator offered Xiao Yan the beast's remaining materials and then suggested helping him hunt another beast, but Heavenly Flame Venerable warned that killing three would be too dangerous.
• The narrator took Xiao Yan with them, and the four of them flew toward the Monster Mountain Range.

Nalan Ye and his companions searched the Monster Mountain Range for a Seventh-Order Magical Beast whose bloodline essence they needed. After Xiao Yan shared a legend that led them to a Frost Howl, Heavenly Flame Venerable’s attack woke the beast, leaving the group facing it in battle.

• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor revisited Green Mountain Town and recalled their earlier meeting, while Xiao Yan learned they had been there before.
• Nalan Ye waited overnight for Cai Lin, but she did not arrive, so the group entered the Monster Mountain Range without her.
• Xiao Yan shared a credible legend about a powerful Magical Beast near Wutan City, and Heavenly Flame Venerable identified it as a Frost Howl.
• The group searched for two days and found a Seventh-Order Magical Beast on a snowy peak; Heavenly Flame Venerable said he would fight it alone while the others guarded the area.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable struck the beast’s cave with a fireball, waking the white-furred Frost Howl and prompting it to leap out before the group.

The narrator, Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor, and Heavenly Flame Venerable faced a Frost Howl and a gathering of powerful magical beasts in the Monster Mountain Range. When Frost Howl called the beasts to attack, the narrator confronted six of them but was immediately forced to dodge their assault.

• Frost Howl attacked Heavenly Flame Venerable, and the two fought across the mountain peak as the narrator, Xiao Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor watched.
• Xiao Yan spotted a Fifth-Order Magical Beast and flew off to kill it, drawing two more beasts into the fight.
• The narrator and Little Fairy Doctor split up to keep the approaching magical beasts from interfering with Heavenly Flame Venerable's battle.
• Frost Howl, losing ground to Heavenly Flame Venerable, threatened the nearly twenty nearby beasts into joining the battle.
• Six magical beasts charged the narrator, who tried to persuade them to stay out of the fight before dodging an Azure Wind Blade and an attacking bird beast.

The narrator fought off a pack of six high-level Magical Beasts while waiting for Heavenly Flame Venerable to finish battling Frost Howl. After killing the Iron Arm Great Ape, the narrator dodged the remaining beasts’ combined attack by fleeing behind a mountain.

• The narrator used God Slaying Thorn to cripple the Scarlet Feather Eagle, then dodged attacks from the Silver Lightning Wolf and struck its weak waist with Soaring Serpent Riding the Mist.
• The narrator identified a peak fifth-order Phoenix Winged Snake and failed to hit it with God Slaying Thorn when it dodged.
• The Iron Arm Great Ape attacked from above, and the Silver Lightning Wolf struck the narrator with lightning, injuring the narrator’s soul body.
• The narrator dived toward the Iron Arm Great Ape while evading the Steel Bristle Pig’s spines, then killed the ape with a charged God Slaying Thorn.
• The Steel Bristle Pig, Phoenix Winged Snake, and Silver Lightning Wolf converged their attacks on the narrator, who escaped behind a massive mountain.

The narrator killed the Crimson Blood Crocodile and wounded the Silver Lightning Wolf, but the beasts rushed past him to aid the injured Frost Howl against Heavenly Flame Venerable. He intercepted the Steel Bristle Pig while Heavenly Flame Venerable claimed he could handle the attackers himself.

• The narrator struck the Crimson Blood Crocodile with the God Slaying Thorn, killing it, but its fireball engulfed his soul body in flames.
• The Silver Lightning Wolf bit and electrocuted the narrator as he wrapped around it and wounded its back with a longsword, but he could not pierce its skull and retreated.
• The narrator reflected that his lack of combat experience had led him to attack the Silver Lightning Wolf's skull instead of its neck.
• The Frost Howl, injured by Heavenly Flame Venerable, roared for the other beasts to help, and the Silver Lightning Wolf, Phoenix Winged Snake, and Steel Bristle Pig rushed past the narrator.
• The narrator intercepted the Steel Bristle Pig and told Heavenly Flame Venerable he could not stop all three beasts, while Heavenly Flame Venerable said he would slay them himself.

The group battled high-level Magical Beasts while Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Silver Lightning Wolf and Phoenix Winged Snake. The Frost Howl triggered a massive avalanche to escape, and the four searched the area without finding it.

• The narrator kept the Steel Bristle Pig occupied while Little Fairy Doctor struggled against cunning Magical Beasts and Xiao Yan fought well.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Silver Lightning Wolf and Phoenix Winged Snake with a barrage of Flame Arrows.
• The Frost Howl triggered an avalanche across three mountains and escaped beneath the collapsing snow.
• The remaining Magical Beasts retreated, and the narrator and Little Fairy Doctor joined Heavenly Flame Venerable and Xiao Yan in searching for the Frost Howl.
• The group found no trace of the Frost Howl, and the narrator suggested pursuing it if it appeared elsewhere or entered a human empire.

Nalan Ye and his companions searched for the escaped Frost Howl, then waited near Wutan City for news. In the marketplace, Xiao Yan bought a Devouring Wood Fox magic core and remembered Xun Er, while Nalan Ye decided to arrange Xiao Yan’s marriage to Nalan Yanran before he left for the Central Plains.

• Nalan Ye recovered the Iron Arm Great Ape and Crimson Blood Crocodile, contacted the Supervisory Left Division, and sent out a search for the Frost Howl.
• Nalan Ye, Xiao Yan, and Little Fairy Doctor visited a marketplace in Wutan City, where Xiao Yan recognized a Devouring Wood Fox magic core and bought it.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Ye that Xun Er had gone to the Central Plains and recalled borrowing money from her to buy ingredients for Foundation Establishment Liquid.
• Xiao Yan insisted that Xun Er was his wife and said he would go to the Central Plains after reaching Dou Emperor, asking Nalan Ye to look after Yanran and the Xiao Family.
• Nalan Ye urged Xiao Yan to marry Nalan Yanran before leaving and said he would arrange the wedding with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, despite Xiao Yan’s protests.

After finding the Frost Howl in the Mulan Empire, the narrator and his companions waited for local fighters to retreat before intervening. Heavenly Flame Venerable defeated the beast, but a voice from the night sky called for them to wait before he could finish it off.

• The narrator, Heavenly Flame Venerable, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan crossed the Monster Mountain Range to the Dingtai Mountain Range in pursuit of the Frost Howl.
• They watched the Frost Howl defeat the Mulan Empire's fighters and flee after killing several of them.
• The narrator and his companions chased the Frost Howl, but the narrator's God Slaying Thorn failed to pierce its powerful soul.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable fought the Frost Howl and knocked it to the ground, severely injured.
• As Heavenly Flame Venerable prepared to kill the Frost Howl, an unfamiliar voice shouted, "Wait!"

Nalan Ye and Yao TianHuo killed the Frost Howl, but the Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley tried to claim its corpse for the Mulan Empire. The chapter ended with the two sides arguing over who had slain the beast.

• The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley arrived with Mulan Empire experts and questioned Yao TianHuo, while Nalan Ye claimed they were from the Tiao Zhi Empire.
• A Mulan expert recognized Nalan Ye, and Yao TianHuo drove the group away by telling them he was from the Central Plains.
• Yao TianHuo killed the recovering Frost Howl with a flaming spear and told Nalan Ye to collect its corpse.
• The Mulan Empire group returned and tried to take the Frost Howl's corpse, claiming they needed to display it to reassure the people.
• Nalan Ye challenged the Great Elder's claim, but the Great Elder insisted the Mulan Empire deserved credit because it had discovered and injured the beast first.

The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley disputed the group’s claim to the Frost Howl’s corpse and summoned the other Mulan elders, who used the Three Beasts Desolate Skill to gain power rivaling a Dou Zong. After the Mulan elders mocked Yao TianHuo and demanded he leave, he attacked them with Falling Fire Star Rain.

• The narrator insisted that his group had killed the Frost Howl, but the Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley claimed it for the Mulan Empire.
• The Great Elder stalled until two more Dou Huang Peak elders arrived, completing the Three Elders of Mulan.
• The three elders activated the Three Beasts Desolate Skill, combining their power into a formidable half-human, half-beast form.
• Yao TianHuo explained the technique’s use of magical-beast bloodline inheritances and faced the elders after they ordered him out of the Mulan Empire.
• The Great Elder mocked Yao TianHuo for lacking a physical body, and Yao TianHuo retaliated with Falling Fire Star Rain.

Nalan Ye distracted five Mulan Dou Wangs while Little Fairy Doctor poisoned them, allowing him to claim the Frost Howl’s corpse. The battle continued, with Heavenly Flame Venerable still facing the Three Elders of Mulan and the others engaged with Mulan’s forces.

• The Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley attacked Heavenly Flame Venerable, who blocked his tiger-claw strike with a Scarlet Shield, while the other Mulan experts joined the fight.
• Nalan Ye stopped a White Face Dou Huang from taking the Frost Howl’s corpse, but five Mulan Dou Wangs drove him away from it.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked Nalan Ye to hold off the five Dou Wangs, and he stirred their greed by suggesting they take the corpse and flee.
• Little Fairy Doctor poisoned the five Dou Wangs while they stood together, and all five collapsed and died.
• Nalan Ye stored the Frost Howl’s corpse in his Ring of Holding while Little Fairy Doctor and Xiao Yan kept the other Mulan fighters occupied.

After killing five Mulan Dou Wangs, Nalan Jie and his allies faced the remaining Mulan fighters, who had been shaken by their losses. The survivors chose to hold the group back rather than risk attacking, while Nalan Jie urged Xiao Yan to spare them and the fight remained unresolved.

• Nalan Jie killed five Mulan Dou Wangs and put their bodies into his Ring of Holding, leaving the battlefield stunned.
• Xiao Yan struck a green-robed Dou Wang with Eight Extremities Collapse, and the injured man fled into the night.
• The six remaining Mulan fighters debated retreating, then decided to hold Nalan Jie, Little Fairy Doctor, and Xiao Yan back from the Frost Howl's corpse.
• Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and Nalan Jie regrouped, and Nalan Jie thanked them for helping him take the corpse.
• Xiao Yan suggested attacking the six survivors, but Nalan Jie urged him to spare their lives and avoid destabilizing the Mulan Empire.

After Heavenly Flame Venerable killed the Three Elders of Mulan’s Second Elder, the two survivors invoked Xia Valley’s protection, and Xiao Yan questioned them about the Da Xia Dynasty’s strength. Their answers revealed that Xia Valley’s Qi Yu had recently advanced to Four Star Dou Zong, but Xiao Yan accused them of lying and ordered them to die.

• Xiao Yan urged Heavenly Flame Venerable to finish the Three Elders of Mulan, and Heavenly Flame Venerable killed Lion Head Elder with a single punch.
• The Three Beasts Desolate Skill collapsed, leaving Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley and Third Elder injured and exposed.
• Great Elder of Mu Lan Valley warned that Mu Lan Valley served Xia Valley, which protected the Da Xia Dynasty, and claimed Xia Valley would retaliate if he died.
• Xiao Yan asked the two elders to answer questions together, and they agreed that Xia Valley had one Dou Zong named Qi Yu.
• The elders gave different answers about Qi Yu’s rank, then Great Elder explained that Qi Yu had recently advanced to Four Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan accused the elders of deceiving him and ordered Heavenly Flame Venerable to kill them.